The Board has determined that additional development is needed in order to properly adjudicate the appellant's claims, including obtaining an opinion regarding whether any of the veteran's service-connected disabilities caused or contributed substantially or materially to his death.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to changes in the law and pending issues not yet addressed by the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fracture of the tibia and fibula with atrophy of the left calf and shortening of the leg, absence or partial right fibula, incomplete paralysis of the ulnar nerve in the left forearm due to gunshot wound, degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine, symptomatic residual scars at the graft site, chronic osteomyelitis of the left tibia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0032499
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, GERD, contact dermatitis, left ankle gout, degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine, left knee meniscal tear and gout, left big toe gout, left elbow gout, status post cervical fusion, and sleep apnea, as they are related to active duty training (ACDUTRA).
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted entitlement to a TDIU.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to incomplete development and requests for clarification on service connection for right and left hip disabilities, as well as a disability rating for lumbosacral spine issues. The effective date of TDIU and DEA awards is also in question.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disorder, finding that the Veteran's preexisting scoliosis did not worsen during service and that his current degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine were not shown to be related to service.
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